Bin-picking station with internal store

A device for picking up a component from a container and transferring the component to a production side, the device comprising:

• a gripping robot, which is configured to pick up a component from the container and to place the component picked up from the container onto a transfer device,
• a controller and an internal store with at least one component receptacle for the interim storage of components,
• wherein the gripping robot is configured to respond to a storage signal from the controller by picking up a component from the container and by placing the component picked up from the container onto the component receptacle of the internal store, and
• is configured to respond to an acceleration signal from the controller by picking up a component from the component receptacle of the internal store and by placing the component picked up from the internal store onto the transfer device,
• the device further comprising an evaluation unit, a camera connected to the evaluation unit, and a light spot under each of the component receptacles, with a respective light spot being recognizable by the camera when the respective component receptacle is unoccupied and being unrecognizable by the camera when a component is present on the respective component receptacle on the respective component receptacle,
• wherein the evaluation unit is configured to recognize a component receptacle as occupied or not occupied when a respective light spot is visible or not in the picture taken by the camera.